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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Has science discovered way to halt diabetes?
Diabetics have been offered new hope as scientists test a drug that could save them from a lifetime of injections. It has been developed to block the process which causes the body?s immune system to attack the pancreas. It is hoped that in patients newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the treatment will prevent the disease developing because it will stop the destruction of vital cells of the pancreas which make insulin. The developers aim to be able to provide it to patients within three years.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/267647/Has-science-discovered-way-to-halt-diabetes-
Don?t just plod if you want a longer life, say heart experts
Short stints of intense exercise are better for the heart than just plodding along, according to a study that suggests turning it up a gear could add an extra five years to someone?s life.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...you-want-a-longer-life-say-heart-experts.html
Drug that will save millions of lives
Heart pills taken by *millions of Britons are even more powerful than previously thought and could save many more lives each year. Research into cholesterol-busting statins has found that not only do they slash death rates from heart *disease and strokes, they may also protect people from serious infections and respiratory *disease.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/267847/DRUG-THAT-WILL-SAVE-MILLIONS-OF-LIVES
Patients in Scotland and Wales less likely to get cancer drugs
New cancer drugs have become much more accessible to patients in England than their counterparts in Scotland and Wales, creating a worrying disparity, say campaigners. The Government's flagship cancer drugs fund allows patients in England to access potentially life-extending drugs approved by their doctors, but which have not been approved for widespread use on the NHS.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-less-likely-to-get-cancer-drugs-2345516.html
Children?s fruit drinks...with only 5% fruit
Many 'healthy' children's fruit drinks are more sugary than Coca-Cola, experts have warned.
Parents often believe that the fruit content makes the juices a healthy alternative to fizzy drinks. But in reality, popular children's drinks such as Ribena and Capri-Sun contain little fruit - but lots of sugar.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-394608/Childrens-drinks-sugar-timebomb-experts-warn.html
British woman asks for kidney online
A British woman is set to become the first to receive a kidney after advertising for a donor on an American website. Saira Khan, 37, made her plea through a charity that finds online ?Good Samaritans? who want to give organs to people they feel empathy towards.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8728232/British-woman-asks-for-kidney-online.html
'Pro-life' MPs refuse to back down over bid to change abortion advice
Anti-abortion campaigners are pressing ahead with a controversial amendment to the Government?s new health bill designed to cut the number of pregnancies which are terminated each year in the UK.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...er-bid-to-change-abortion-advice-2345862.html
Health Service pays spin doctors more than cancer experts
The NHS is paying spin doctors more than the experts in charge of cancer screening and patient care, it emerged yesterday. Critics said it was an example of the waste and skewed priorities rife in the Health Service at a time when it is supposed to be making efficiency savings.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031567/Health-Service-pays-spin-doctors-cancer-experts.html
The man who discovered his family secrets ? via his DNA
Technology set to transform medicine has already changed the life of the man leading its development. Greg Lucier, chief executive of Life Technologies, the Californian company that makes machines for reading the human genome, decided to "see what it would be like" to have his genetic profile analysed ? and uncovered hidden facts about his family's health.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...family-secrets-ndash-via-his-dna-2345870.html
Diabetics have been offered new hope as scientists test a drug that could save them from a lifetime of injections. It has been developed to block the process which causes the body?s immune system to attack the pancreas. It is hoped that in patients newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the treatment will prevent the disease developing because it will stop the destruction of vital cells of the pancreas which make insulin. The developers aim to be able to provide it to patients within three years.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/267647/Has-science-discovered-way-to-halt-diabetes-
Don?t just plod if you want a longer life, say heart experts
Short stints of intense exercise are better for the heart than just plodding along, according to a study that suggests turning it up a gear could add an extra five years to someone?s life.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...you-want-a-longer-life-say-heart-experts.html
Drug that will save millions of lives
Heart pills taken by *millions of Britons are even more powerful than previously thought and could save many more lives each year. Research into cholesterol-busting statins has found that not only do they slash death rates from heart *disease and strokes, they may also protect people from serious infections and respiratory *disease.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/267847/DRUG-THAT-WILL-SAVE-MILLIONS-OF-LIVES
Patients in Scotland and Wales less likely to get cancer drugs
New cancer drugs have become much more accessible to patients in England than their counterparts in Scotland and Wales, creating a worrying disparity, say campaigners. The Government's flagship cancer drugs fund allows patients in England to access potentially life-extending drugs approved by their doctors, but which have not been approved for widespread use on the NHS.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-less-likely-to-get-cancer-drugs-2345516.html
Children?s fruit drinks...with only 5% fruit
Many 'healthy' children's fruit drinks are more sugary than Coca-Cola, experts have warned.
Parents often believe that the fruit content makes the juices a healthy alternative to fizzy drinks. But in reality, popular children's drinks such as Ribena and Capri-Sun contain little fruit - but lots of sugar.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-394608/Childrens-drinks-sugar-timebomb-experts-warn.html
British woman asks for kidney online
A British woman is set to become the first to receive a kidney after advertising for a donor on an American website. Saira Khan, 37, made her plea through a charity that finds online ?Good Samaritans? who want to give organs to people they feel empathy towards.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8728232/British-woman-asks-for-kidney-online.html
'Pro-life' MPs refuse to back down over bid to change abortion advice
Anti-abortion campaigners are pressing ahead with a controversial amendment to the Government?s new health bill designed to cut the number of pregnancies which are terminated each year in the UK.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...er-bid-to-change-abortion-advice-2345862.html
Health Service pays spin doctors more than cancer experts
The NHS is paying spin doctors more than the experts in charge of cancer screening and patient care, it emerged yesterday. Critics said it was an example of the waste and skewed priorities rife in the Health Service at a time when it is supposed to be making efficiency savings.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031567/Health-Service-pays-spin-doctors-cancer-experts.html
The man who discovered his family secrets ? via his DNA
Technology set to transform medicine has already changed the life of the man leading its development. Greg Lucier, chief executive of Life Technologies, the Californian company that makes machines for reading the human genome, decided to "see what it would be like" to have his genetic profile analysed ? and uncovered hidden facts about his family's health.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...family-secrets-ndash-via-his-dna-2345870.html